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FILE PHOTO: A couple look towards signs pointing out distances to different cities, on Mount Bental, an observation post in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that overlooks the Syrian side of the Quneitra crossing, Israel January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was time to back Israeli

(Reuters) – European stock markets fell on Thursday as fears over economic growth and the impact on banks of an accommodative policy message from the U.S. Federal Reserve outweighed any broader lift from its abandoning of further interest rate hikes this year. FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the

CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) – New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country’s worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday. A woman walks past posters after last Friday’s mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to give Prime Minister Theresa May an offer to delay Brexit beyond March 29, on condition that she can finally win over her many opponents in parliament next week. President of the European Council Donald Tusk arrives to deliver a statement on Brexit ahead

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The dreams of the two young men soared as high as the Ethiopian Airlines planes they proudly flew. Menur Mohamed, brother to Ethiopian Airlines ET 302 First Officer Ahmednur Mohamed, holds his phone with a photograph of his brother during a Reuters interview in Addis Ababa, March 17, 2019. Picture taken